[Click to enlarge] The mysterious HTC Glacier triples the performance of the HTC EVO 4G. Is this the long awaited dual-core Android phone? (Source: GLBenchmark via Alien Babel Tech)

Benchmarks triple the performance of the HTC EVO 4G

The HTC
EVO 4G and Droid
2 may be the current hot topic among Android enthusiasts,
but the HTC Glacier is bound to be heating up discussions in the near
future as well. The mysterious handset was first
noticed on the GLBenchmark
website, which allows Android users to test their CPU speed and
upload the results.

The results show the mysterious phone
scoring approximately three times the performance of the EVO.
Those results have led many to speculate that the mysterious handset
may be the first of many multicore Android devices to
come.

Qualcomm aired
a dual core ARM processor (the 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon
variant) earlier this year, and announced plans to produce ARM
quad-core processors by 2013. HTC has made heavy use
of Snapdragon CPUs in its Android portfolio in the past, so this
seems a likely candidate for the device's CPU.

The hot HTC
Glacier's benchmarks were posted by a user "mbibick" whose
real names is Mike Bibik. Mr. Bibik lives in Seattle and works
at T-Mobile, according to his LinkedIn
page.

As Mr. Bibik likely has access to advanced T-Mobile
handsets, many are speculating that the Glacier is actually "Project
Emerald", T-Mobile's rumored upcoming dual-core Android device.
All his past tests have been of T-Mobile handsets. The testing
results for the HTC Glacier have been pulled since the story first
aired, possibly at T-Mobile's request.

The new device has an
800x480 pixel screen, according to the original testing
post.